Alternatives to Simple HTTP Server for all platforms with any license

nginx

nginx [engine x] is a HTTP and reverse proxy server, as well as a mail proxy server written by Igor Sysoev. It has been running for more than five years on many heavily...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
Load balancing Lightweight Configurable HTTPS Support ... Low memory usage Modular System Modules Multicast RTP streaming Portable Add a feature

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Apache HTTP Server

Apache, is a web server notable for playing a key role in the initial growth of the World Wide Web and in 2009 became the first web server to surpass the 100 million web...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
Configurable Customizable Modules Open source software Add a feature

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lighttpd

lighttpd (pronounced "lighty") is a web server designed to be secure, fast, standards-compliant, and flexible while being optimized for speed-critical...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
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Cherokee

Cherokee is a flexible, very fast, lightweight Web server. It is implemented entirely in C, and has no dependencies beyond a standard C library. It is embeddable and...

Free Open Source Mac Linux BSD
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Surfer

Surfer is a Simple static file server. It comes with a commandline tool to upload files from your local folders and a webinterface to manage files directly on the server.

Free Open Source Linux Self-Hosted Cloudron
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Tornado Web Server

Tornado is an open source version of the scalable, non-blocking web server. The framework is distinct from most mainstream web server frameworks (and certainly most...

Free Open Source Mac Linux
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SimpleHTTPServer

python -m SimpleHTTPServer python3 -m http.server 8000 Documentation for python3 version: https://docs.python.org/3/library/http.server.html

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Self-Hosted
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gatling

A high performance web server. Small! (125k static Linux-x86 binary with HTTP, FTP and SMB support). Fast! (measure for yourself, please) Scalable!

Free Open Source Linux
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webfs

webfs is a simple HTTP server for mostly static content. You can use it to serve the content of a FTP server via HTTP for example. It is also nice to export some files...
- Discontinued The last snapshot is from 2008. See http://dl.bytesex.org/cvs-snapshots/
Free Open Source Mac Linux BSD Self-Hosted
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mongrel

A small fast HTTP library and server that runs Rails, Camping, Nitro and Iowa apps.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Self-Hosted
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WEBrick

WEBrick is a Ruby library providing simple HTTP web server services.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Self-Hosted
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nanoweb

Nanoweb is an HTTP server written in PHP, designed to be small, secure, and extensible.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Self-Hosted
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SimpleServer:WWW

Ever wanted to set up a webserver so that you could have your friends check out a new page you're working on? Or maybe you'd just like to play around with HTML...

Free Windows Self-Hosted
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Wt

Wt (pronounced as witty) is a C++ library for developing web applications. The API is widget-centric and uses well-tested patterns of desktop GUI development tailored...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
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LiteSpeed Web Server (LSWS)

LiteSpeed Web Server (LSWS) is a high-performance Apache drop-in replacement. LSWS is the 4th most popular web server on the internet and the #1 commercial web server....

Freemium $ $ $ Linux
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